Blog Post 6

June 8, 2010 at 7:51 am (Uncategorized)

http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2008/May/200805221445501CJsamohT0.5239679.html?CP.rss=true

In response to the supposed “boys’ crisis” that I have read about in several of my case studies, I found this article titled When Girls Do Better in School, So Do Boys. This article points out that according to the American Association of University Women (a nonprofit advocacy group that has sought gender equity and education for women since its founding in 1881), ““The past few decades have seen remarkable gains for girls and boys in education, and no evidence indicates a crisis for boys in particular. If a crisis exists, it is a crisis for African American and Hispanic students and students from lower-income families — both girls and boys.” This is an interesting point I have thought of before. Should single-sex education really be a major focus when children in poor conditions regardless of gender have their own “gap?”